Train Stuck 5 Hours: 252 Passengers on Amtrak Had No AC, Toilets

Mechanical problems left 252 passengers stuck on an Amtrak train in Connecticut for about five hours on Tuesday.

Train 173 was traveling from Boston to Washington, D.C., when it became disabled near Greenwich, Conn., an Amtrak spokeswoman told The Associated Press. A replacement train also had mechanical problems, and Train 173 had to be towed back to Stamford.